[NatureNS] re types of wasps

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:10:20 -0300
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Likely they went for the carbs (nectar) only. As carnivores they don't 
have much use for pollen. I would be surprised if they or their larvae 
could digest pollen and utilize it as food resource.

cheers


Ulli

> 
> Just today in the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens there were lots of paper wasps, Polistes, foraging 
> on flowers of several species of asters -- for both pollen and nectar?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

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